June 14, 2021
From the Associated Press A group will launch a ballot drive to require legislative approval to extend emergency pandemic orders beyond 28 days, in what is the latest bid to neuter a law Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has used to issue coronavirus restrictions. The initiative will be organized by Unlock Michigan. The ballot committee previously gathered signatures to repeal a law
that underpinned Whitmer’s rules. After the ruling, her administration kept the limits intact under a law giving the state health director broad authority to issue orders. The new measure would make emergency orders unenforceable after 28 days unless the Legislature OKs an extension.
Unlock Michigan targets health department s epidemic authority
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Ballot drive targets Michigan law that underpins virus rules
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